I recently had my first big fundraiser, sponsored by a group of Christians that didn't even know me, we don't meet in the same building, we don't even have the same denominational "title", but we are the same. I've put myself in this box with my church family, I've been afraid to step out of this environment that is so comfortable where i know everyone and for the most part know what to expect. I have known in my head the church is not a building, rather a community of people with the same belief in Jesus and what he did for us. I just didn't have it in my heart, i didn't realize until the fundraiser I had some sort of egocentric idea of what the church looked like and it looked like whatever I was doing, oh man after I had this revelation i had to take some serious time and REPENT, its soooo humbling to see oh how very WRONG you are sometimes. The Lord is so sweet to correct our thinking. This experience has really made me want to visit some other buildings where people worship to get to know the Church in my community.
The fundraiser went well and the generosity of strangers blew me away. I had no idea I would get such support and learn such a valuable lesson in the process OH the beauty of HIS process in us never ceases to amaze me. God is so good.
